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Synonyms

something else

Idioms  

  1. A person, thing, or event that is quite remarkable, as in That pitcher is something else, or Her new film is something else. The else in this idiom means “other than ordinary.” [Colloquial; early 1990s]

Example Sentences

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That affords the company little room for error, Lee said in a Tuesday note, and he found something else to quibble with in the latest report.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

She said Ingordo told her to give it three years and if it didn’t work, she could do something else.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

Notice something else: The Bay of Pigs fiasco produced the Cuban Missile Crisis 18 months later, and only then a new stability.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

"I remember everybody came out of that show going, right, that was something else that we just saw there," said McInnes.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

I wait to hear some sarcastic thought from Denny, but instead I get something else.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

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